Human-machine interaction

The TA methods described so far can be evaluated in terms of their focus on different aspects of the human-machine interaction. To facilitate the process of selection of appropriate TA methods for particular applications. Figure 4.14 describes ten criteria for evaluation. These criteria are in terms of the usability of the methods for the following applications ... 

In general, HTA, IMAS, and CADET fulfill most of the above criteria, hence they can be used together as a framework for carrying out both action and cognitive task analysis. When particular aspects of the human-machine interaction must be examined in greater detail for example, the temporal characteristics of the task or the team communications, certain methods can be selected to provide this information—OSDs in this case. Most TA methods... 

Although checklists are a useful way of transferring information about human-machine interaction to designers and engineers, they are not a standalone tool and they cannot provide a substitute for a systematic design process. The main concern with checklists is that they do not offer any guidance about the relative importance of various items that do not comply with the recommendations, and the likely consequences of a failure due to a noncompliance. To overcome such problems, checklists should be used in combination with other methods of task analysis or error analysis that can identify the complexities of a task, the relationships among various job components, and the required skills to perform the task. 

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Rasmussen, J. Human Information Processing Human-Machine Interaction. North-Holland, Amsterdam (1986)... 

Besides microfluidics the human-machine interaction, especially the imaging systems, could enormously benefit from the availability of large-scale integrated actuator systems. Such systems could provide an additional mechanical data channel intended for the sense of touch of the human, which is a very sensitive aesthesia. A first impression about the performance of a high-resolution tactile display gives the artificial skin (Fig. 15a). 

User-centered design of human-machine interaction... 

Boettcher, K., Rdey, V., and CoUins, C. (1989), A Modeling Approach for Analyzing Human-Machine Interaction Dynamics in Computer Systems, in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (Cambridge, MA). 

In addition to process simulation, VE systems can be used as mediators for other, generally real, objects. The purpose of presentation of any object is communication. Furthermore, VE can be used as a medium for human-machine interaction. Communication with an umeal object, such as another... 

Human judgment models, 2200-2201 Human-machine interaction, 876, 1020-1021 Human modeling, digital, see Digital human modeling... 

The cognitive demands of the human-machine interaction task... 

The human-machine interaction capacities of the humans in the system... 

Field smdies limit the number of dependent variables to be recorded. In addition, changes in working conditions carmot be eontrolled as easily as in the laboratory, which limits the isolation of independent variables. Therefore, psychophysiological methods should be tested in simulated workplaces before being applied in the field. This can be done easily for most automated workplaces where the human-machine interaction takes place using a computer. With such a combined laboratory-field approach, hypotheses from field observations can be tested under highly controlled laboratory conditions. Subsequent studies at real workplaces may be performed only with psychophysiological variables that have been shown to be relevant measures at simulated workplaces. 

Other tables such as department table, Laws and regulations table and so on, these tables are used to maintenance the other membership in the decision-making database and convenient for human-machine interaction. 

Henning Boje Anderson is a professor at the Management Engineering Institute at the Teehnical University of Demnark (DTU). His woik examines human performanee in safety critical apphcations, focusing primarily on healthcare and seeking to explore the transfer of experience to and from process industry, aviation and transport sectors. His research themes are centred around human-machine interaction and risk analysis. 

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